Funding

The Purdue Research Foundation helps find and provide support for startup companies. By providing funding for very early-stage companies, we help speed the process from discovery to delivery.

• Trask Innovation Fund - The Purdue Research Foundation-managed Trask Innovation Fund (TIF) is a Purdue University development mechanism to assist faculty with work to further commercial potential of technologies disclosed to the Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC).  Funds are awarded under the advisement of the TIF Advisory Council, which consists of representatives from the Purdue University Office of the Vice President for Research, Purdue Faculty, Purdue Research Foundation, and local business community.
• Emerging Innovations Fund - This initiative offers financial support for startup companies. By providing funding for very early-stage companies, we help speed the process from discovery to delivery.

For more information, you can visit our campus office in the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship room 223.